Chi Chi LaRue's club video entertainment program Club Channel 1 has joined forces with erotic magazine publishers Specialty Publications to celebrate the 20th anniversary issue of Men Magazine. The promotional “Men Across America Tour” kicks off June 26 at Club Cosmos in Topeka, Kansas and continues throughout the year, hitting 100 venues between June and December 2004.
"We are proud to team up with Men Magazine to promote their 20th anniversary. Advocate Men, then Men Magazine is the publication that infatuated me with porn in the first place," said LaRue in a statement.
Sponsors of this trek include TitanMen.com, Chi Chi LaRue's LiveandRaw.com, Interactive Male, RandyBlue.com, Badpuppy, CCBill, NakedSword.com, Bedfellow.com, Cybersocket, PornTeam.com, Men4SexNow.com, ID Lube, Lucas Kazan Productions, and Ropex.
"We would like to thank the companies and individuals who are about to begin this amazing journey with Men Magazine as we celebrate with over 50,000 gay men across the United States," added Specialty Publications president Caryn Goldberg.
The Men Magazine 20th Anniversary Special Edition will go on sale June 29, 2004 and will remain on newsstands for six months.
The tour kicked off June 17 with an invitation-only VIP party at Cine-Space in Los Angeles, and featured appearances from Men Magazine models, DJ Victor Rodriguez, local celebrities, and event sponsors.
Club Channel 1 is shipping 100 promotional packages to bars and clubs in the Club Channel 1 network. The packages will include gift bag items and giveaways from the sponsors of the tour.
A complete tour itinerary, as well wrap-up information and pictures from the bars and clubs on the tour, will be featured on Men20.com.
